New group scouting for a slate of candidates

10:09 PM,
Mar. 23, 2013

Former Covington City Commissioner Shawn Masters heads the new Northern Kentucky Democratic League.

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At first glance, the political landscape of Kentucky might seem like a contradiction.

For the past three decades, Kentuckians have voted for a Republican president, with the exception of Bill Clinton, even though registered Democrats still outnumber Republicans statewide 55 percent to 38 percent.

The past 15 years have seen Republican gains throughout the state, though, with the GOP becoming dominant in Northern Kentucky and building voting majorities in all three counties after Democrats had dominated for much of the last century. ...